Just celebrated the second year anniversary of the build. At the start I kept a detailed log of hours worked and tasks completed. Those details led to such thoughts as:
I didn't go so far as to draw a Gantt chart but the project management background was definitely in full gear. A few months in, I intentionally stopped keeping the detailed log and went from "working" to build a plane to simply enjoying the project. The progress undoubtedly slowed down but the fun factor went up.
- Estimating 2000 hours for the build, 350 hours worked, 18% complete
- Working an average of x hours per week, the project will be completed Fall '18 - probably Sept 17 at 3pm.
At this point the plane is covered, sitting on the gear, instruments and wiring complete, and the Firewall Forward manual is opened to page one.